Nikolaev: Tortonian, Ukraine
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phoca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Dubrovo and Kapelist 1973 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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Heterodelphis klinderi n. gen., n. sp.
Brandt 1873
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Brandt 1871 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Cetotherium riabinini n. sp.
Hofstein 1948
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Hofstein 1948 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Coordinates: | 47.0° North, 32.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.3° North, 31.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 11.2 to 9.6 Ma (other) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chersonian | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Sarmatian (corresponding to the early Tortonian, Late Miocene) of the Eastern Paratethys (Radionova et al. 2012).
The Chersonian Formation has been dated to the late Sarmatian sensu lato, based on the occurrence of numerous Mactra (Chersonimactra) caspia [85]. In the region of the Central Paratethys, the Sarmatian Stage (sensu stricto) as a whole has been assigned the Middle Miocene [86, 87]. By contrast, the upper part of the Sarmatian as found in the area of the eastern Paratethys correlates with the early Tortonian (11.2–9.6 Ma) [88, 89]. (Marx & Fordyce, 2015) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: regression, shallow? lower precipitation than previous formations, lower temperature than previous formations | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Vernoleninsk, Nikolayev, Nikolajew, Mykolayiv | ||
| Database number: | 52073 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-07-19 12:20:53 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 15:02:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-07-19 12:20:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11981. | J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 12127 | J. F. Brandt. 1871. Bericht uber den Fortgang meiner Studien uber di Cetaceen, welche das grosse zur Tertiarzeit von Mitteleuropa bis Centralasien hinein ausgedehnte Meeresbechen bevolkerten. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale de St. Petersbourg 1871:563-566 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 60839 | I. A. Dubrovo and K. V. Kapelist. 1973. Catalog of Localities of Tertiary Vertebrates of the USSR. 1-159 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 53814 | P. Goldin, D. Startsev, and T. Krakhmalnaya. 2014. The anatomy of the Late Miocene baleen whale Cetotherium riabinini from Ukraine. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(4):795-814 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 45968 | I. D. Hofstein. 1948. Pachyostosis in fossil whales. Zbirnyk Prats Z Paleontologii I Stratygrafii, Instytut Geologichnych Nauk URSR 1(2):65-75 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/S. Bruning] | |
| 17253 | I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 55050 | F. G. Marx and R. E. Fordyce. 2015. Baleen boom and bust: a synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science 2:140434 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |